Warren Dunford (born 1963) is a Canadian writer, who published three comedic mystery novels in the 1990s and 2000s.
[1] All three novels centred on Mitchell Draper, a gay aspiring screenwriter and amateur detective plunged into unusual criminal investigations in the film industries of both Toronto and Hollywood.
[1] A graduate of Ryerson University in radio and television arts, Dunford initially worked as an advertising copywriter[2] and wrote an unproduced screenplay.
[4] The novel was rejected by 100 different publishing companies before being accepted by Riverbank Press.
[3] He has also been a television writer for the series Canadian Case Files, and has published short stories in Taddle Creek, This Magazine, and the anthologies Upon a Midnight Clear, Quickies II and Queer Fear II.